My name is John Clapp. I have created this blog to share my artwork and thoughts about them. How I created them, why I created them and so on. Please check back often to see new ones. Visit www.jclappart.com
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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Remember back when we were kids and you stayed connected with your friends by visiting them or talking on the phone, (real or the cup and string method) mostly visiting them. Now we have the internet(facebook, email, etc) and cell phones for texting. Has all of this technology really made us more connected? We sit in front of our computer screens or stare at our cell phone while texting instead of actually calling or visiting someone. I think maybe, instead of connecting us more, in a way all of this has actually made us a little more "Disconnected".ENJOY!

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

This is a trompe l'oeil painting. (French for 'deceive the eye') is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three dimensions, instead of actually being a two-dimensional painting. It's kind of cool how the frame and apple look like they are floating in front of the wall.ENJOY!

Friday, July 16, 2010

Here is a pencil drawing of a pear on an old piece of wood. This is the same composition of a mini painting I did a few days ago. The mini painting is small, but this one is REALLY small. It's about 3 times as small. I've included a quarter in one of the photos for size reference. This was done with a .5mm pentel mechanical pencil. I've put this one up for auction on ebay framed as shown above.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Here's the last of the mini paintings for this grouping. I've got more planned, but not finished yet. This on is a pear sitting on a old piece of wood. I really like how the wood texture came out on this one.

Here's another mini painting. These are really small paintings. The size is ACEO 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". I've included a penny in one of the photos for reference. This one is a blue bottle with a lemon. I like how you can see the light filtering through the bottle and hitting the surface of the table.

Here is the first of a grouping of "mini" paintings that I've completed. These are really small paintings. The size is ACEO 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". I've included a penny in one of the photos so you can get a good size reference. This one is of a lemon slice back lit by the sun.

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Here is a view of the red chance space on a monopoly board. Look, you can see the reflection of the red question mark in the hat. I've played this game lots and lots of time without really noticing that there were different colors of question marks on the chance spaces. Huh.ENJOY!